deduction in the tax code it is still not revenue neutral and you know you re never going to eliminate the home mortgage deduction, one of the biggest ones, never eliminate the health care deduction it s impossible. politically. and charity. those are the three big piles of money if you eliminate them all it still doesn t work. i understand your point. when they talk generally about deductions that are going to bring this into balance would you say it won t do, mark halperin you brought this up, three places to go. a joke to say his budget is specific if they won t say which of those it s a joke. home mortgage or medical or charitable. ryan wants to call them corporate welfare and loopholes. they re not. they re deductions built into the code that have huge support from the american people and to say here s my plan revenue neutral and great tax cuts involved and we ll specify the hard parts later i think it s a joke. brit did press him on that a little. i don t un
plan, not ryan s. they have done that to remind people that the tail will not wag the dog. that the running mate will not overshadow the nominee. any presidential candidate would say that the same thing, but keeping ryan s plan out of the debate is virtually impossible. romney and ryan face the possibility that before the convention, obama and the democrats will define ryan s budget and in particular his changes to medicare, so negatively, that the damage will be long-lasting. that s why romney s campaign has moved quickly to blunt the medicare attacks but this fight is just starting which is what makes these weeks a defining moment in the campaign. jonathan capehart? i think, you know, dan is right. this is what we ve been talking about since paul ryan s selection. particularly what you guys have been talking about. you know the battle is joined and medicare, social security, medicaid, they ve all been known as a third rail of american politics and what mitt romney did by choosing p